12 differences between B2B and B2C marketing

Is the consumer or business marketing all the same? If it were, buying a molten metal skimmer would be just as easy as buying a bottle of shampoo, wouldn't it? What makes B2B marketing so different from B2C marketing? We're aware that we're coming back to a subject that seems to have already…. Read More...

4 B2B marketing notions you don’t learn in school

I practically still had my graduating cap and gown on, when I joined Exo B2B as an Analyst. Having spent hundreds of hours in school and having had student jobs in sales to improve my knowledge in marketing, I was very surprised to see that many B2B marketing concepts are simply not (or…. Read More...

Set sail thanks to B2B strategic marketing planning

Manufacturing SMEs that "perform significantly better" are those focused on strategic planning within the last 3 years. This is one of the findings of the 6th Québec Industrial Barometer from Sous-Traitance Industrielle Québec (STIQ) who annually surveys more than 400 SMEs to produce a portrait of the sector. By the way, half of…. Read More...

Growth anyone?

A study of the Foundation of Entrepreneurship conducted in 2013 indicated that "only 30% of entrepreneurs operating in Quebec want to grow their businesses, compared to over 40% in the rest of Canada”.  Furthermore, “only 15% of them want to export, compared to 30% of active entrepreneurs across Canada”. One-man entrepreneur Quebec Inc.…. Read More...

Capitalize on your strengths to find your strategic positioning

Recently, we completed marketing research for a client who wanted to determine sustainable strategic positioning. To do this, the work began with the identification of viable positioning axes in the long term for this company. This can become a particularly difficult exercise, where lengthy reflections can come to precious little.... You need to…. Read More...

2014 Planning: face your challenges!

Did you know that 17% of medium-sized[1] Canadian companies have shut their doors between 2007 and 2010? That’s one out of six[2]!  Apart from macro-economic and cyclical factors that have contributed to this sad statistic, several of them had failed to properly plan strategically. This occurs by a classic exercise, but oh how…. Read More...

Interactive corporate communication: optimizing strategies for B2B

I was recently at the University of Montreal one evening, not to attend class, but to judge the work of 30 graduating students from the class entitled “Interactive corporate communication.” The project Each of the six teams was expected to optimize the internal communication plan of a B2B company in Quebec. The objective…. Read More...

Co-branding: what applications in B2B?

According to the website Investopedia, cobranding is “a marketing partnership between at least two different brands of goods or services. Cobranding encompasses several different types of branding partnerships, such as sponsorships. This strategy typically associates the brands of at least two companies with a specific good or service.” This strategy is often used…. Read More...